The Return of Graeme's Silly Bet

After a long time away, the midweek stupid bet returns
This week I'm focusing on the UEFA secondary competition, the Europa League

Metalist Kharkiv to beat Debrecen
Hajduk Split to beat AEK Athens
Getafe to beat Odense BK
PSV to beat Sampdoria
Young Boys to beat Stuttgart
Zenit St Petersburg to beat Anderlecht
Levski Sofia to beat AA Gent
Atletico Madrid to beat Aris
Juventus to beat Lech Poznan
Man City to beat Red Bull Salzburg
Bayer Leverkusen to beat Rosenborg
Sporting to beat Lille

Place £1 on that at William Hill and it's 5975/1

I'm off out to the bookies to secure 6 grand. Tata now

I'm still calling it UEFA CUP Thursday

Ahoy-ahoy, and welcome to my write-up of this week's UEFA Cup fixtures. Last night was something of a mixed bag in terms of results for UK teams; Fiorentina beating Liverpool 2-0 (wish I'd seen that coming; Fiorentina were 3/1 outright), Arsenal eventually triumphing over an Antonis Nikopolidis-inspired Olympiakos 2-0, and Rangers being given a lesson in counter-attacking football (David Weir was clearly affected by the loss of his wife, who threw herself infront of the King's horse in the Derby. We're very sorry for your loss, Davie. And move on)

Moving on then, expect some of the following to happen (again, odds to follow):

• Everton to beat BATE Borisov
• Dinamo Bucuresti to beat Panathinaikos
• FC Twente to beat Steaua Bucuresti
• Galatasaray to beat Sturm Graz
• AS Roma to beat CSKA Sofia
• Sporting CP to beat Hertha Berlin

Wonder if Davie would like a pen?

It's Thursday. But it's not just any old Thursday....

...It's UEFA Cup Thursday! (This writer will still be calling it thus. I'm not falling for any UEFA rebranding exercise). Given that this is the first round of matches in this season's main competition, I felt that it was time to share my views on this week's matches, as well as my tips for the outright winners.

In tonight's matches, have a think about backing the following:

• Ajax to beat Timisoara (best price 1/3 with Ladbrokes)
• AS Roma to beat Basel (best price 11/13 with expekt.com)
• Hertha Berlin to beat Ventspils (best price 2/7 with Blue Square)
• Valencia to beat Lille (best price 13/10 with expekt.com). This writer will be having some of this bet
• Athletic Bilbao to beat Austria Wien (best price 4/9 with Betfred)
• Everton to beat AEK Athens (best price 4/7 with Skybet)
• Werder Bremen to beat Nacional (best price 5/6 with Ladbrokes)
• Lazio and Red Bull Salzburg to draw (best price 16/5 with bet365. This writer thought Lazio were utter garbage on Saturday against Juventus)
• Partizan Belgrade to beat Toulouse (best price 21/10 with Stan James)
• PSV Eindhoven to beat Sparta Prague (best price 6/4 with totesport)
• Steaua Bucharest to beat FC Sheriff Tiraspol (best price 4/9 with Blue Square)

There ye go, folks. Previews for the weekend games, along with a possible new feature, to follow. Enjoy